Garment drier head



1948. P. c. BOWEN GARMENT DRIER HEAD Filed Sept.

K W M NW W m W m H a H h Patented Nov. 9, 1948 UNITED STATES P TENTJ FW3 spatial SeptemberIO,1945,SerialNo.615,320 it i 1 claim. (01. 34-106) fThis invention relates to garment conditioning equipment of thecharacter usually employed in cleaning establishments where it becomesnecessary to press or otherwise remove wrinkles from coats, dresses andsimilar articles of wearing apparel.

The primary aim of this invention is to provide a garment drier head forapparatus usually employed in directing a blast of steam and hot airupwardly through the garment as the lower edge or skirt portion thereofis held against displacement.

One of the important objects of my invention is to provide a garmentdrier head having a number of uniquely formed and specially arrangedclamps for cooperating with a body ofunique character and for combiningwith said body in removably securing in place the skirt portion of thegarment being treated.

Further objects of this invention include the provision of an attachmentfor garment driers capable of effectively and positively maintaining theskirt portion of the garment being treated in a place where accidentalmovement thereof cannot occur while the said garment is being subjectedto the smoothing action resulting from the introduction thereinto of ablast of hot air or steam; and the inclusion in said attachment ofmagnetic shiftable jaws that cooperate with a metallic foraminous bodyin applying gripping force to the garment. 7

Other aims of the invention will appear during the course of thefollowing specification referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a garment drier head made pursuantto the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed sectional view taken on lineII-II of Fig. l, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the garment drier head.

Base In of the conventionally employed garment treating equipment nowordinarily used includes therein means for directing a blast of airupwardly through the mouth of said base and into a, garment I2 disposedthereabove and in circumscribing relation with the mouth of the base.Fans, blowers, hot air producing means and steam equipment isoften-times used in base It] for creating the proper elements forremoving wrinkles from the garment [2.

During operation of the machine, having base in as a part thereof, it isdesirable and virtually necessary to positively, yet removably securethe skirt portion of garment l2 in a place where the blast of air frombase garment from its operative position ordisarrange the same from asmooth condition. It is also one of the important requirements in theindustry that garment 12 be maintained in'place without the use of pinsor other piercing parts that would create objectionable holes or spotsin the garment.

The head embodying the preferred form of my invention comprises a hollowforaminousbody I 4 of truncated cone form mounted upon base rough ll]through the medium of brackets or other suitable units l6. A number ofclamps broadly designated by the numeral l8 are carried by body I4 asclearly illustrated in Fig. 1. These clamps ar arranged around theperiphery of body M at its lowermost edge and each clamp comprises a jaw20 with a supporting bar 22 hingedly mounted i as at 24. Jaw 20frictionally engages bar 22 and therefore, will remain at any pointthroughout the length of said bar When the operator shifts the jaw to apoint where it best comes into engagement with the lower skirt portionof garment I2. The jaw 2|] is magnetized to a suflicient degree to causean attraction to be established between the said jaw 29 and the metallicbody M. The inter-positioning of garment l2 between jaw 20 and body Mwill not effect the magnetic pull H p or attraction between these partswhen jaw 20 is moved close enough to body M to allow its magnetic linesof force to be intercepted by the material from which body I4 isconstructed. In some instances jaw 20 may be constructed to include anelectromagnet and it has been found in practice that an electromagnet 2Ecentrally disposed with respect to the length of jaw 25! will besatisfactory particularly where. said jaw is covered with rubberizedmaterial to prevent slipping and marring of garment I2. The transverseportion of jaw 2|] extending to each side of the electromagnet 26thereof is resilient to conform to the underlying surface of the garmentwhen the clamp is in the operative posi tion. Hinge 24 of each clamp 18is designed to present a stop 28 against which bar 22 will rest when theentire clamp assembly is manually moved from a pointagainst garment l2and to a.

place where the electromagnet 26 will no longer establish an attractionthat will hold the clamp against body [4. After the clamp is shiftedoutwardly from body I4, the action of gravity serves to pull the clampassembly downwardly against stop 28 and in the position shown in dottedlines of Fig. 2.

Through the employment of clamps above set it will not dislodge theforth, the application and removal of garments l2 to and fromrespectively, the body M may be expeditiously accomplished and thepassage of steam or hot air outwardly through garment I2 and through theopenings of foraminous body M, will have absolutely no effect upon theefficiency and operation of clamps l8.

It is understood that garment drier heads having physicalcharacteristics different from those illustrated and-described might bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention what 'I claim as new and desire toobtain by Letters Patent is: V H;

A garment drier part of the character described comprising aforaminous'open'end metal body adapted for insertion into the lower part1 of the garment; and clamps, each pivo'tall'y secured at one endthereof to said body, said clamps Number REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the 1 file of this "patent:

o UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 2,094,042 Lichterman Sept. 28, 1937McKeehan Oct. 31, 1939

